Press Release

Amazon Now Employs More Than 17,500 Veterans and Military Spouses across the United States, and Expects to Hire over 10,000 More by 2021

In 2016, Amazon pledged to hire 25,000 veterans by 2021 – 18 months
in, company is on track to far exceed its pledge

Military employees fill roles across the company – from cloud
computing positions to virtual customer service roles

Amazon is also teaming up with the George W. Bush Institute to host
veteran workforce conversations with policy and business leaders in the
South and Chicago

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 2017--
(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon today announced it now employs more than 17,500
veterans and military spouses across the United States, and plans to
hire over 10,000 more by 2021. These full- and part-time roles are
spread across the company—from the front-lines of Amazon’s operations
network to technical roles in Amazon Web Services—and come with
comprehensive benefits including life and disability insurance, dental
and vision insurance, with premiums paid in full by Amazon.

“We’re very proud of the remarkable military talent we’ve hired at
Amazon – more than 17,500 leaders who are inventing for customers every
day across the company,” said Beth Galetti, Amazon’s senior vice
president of HR. “Our military recruiting teams have created hiring
programs that place veterans and military spouses into roles that fit
their unique backgrounds and provide the flexibility and skills training
necessary to create long-term career paths at Amazon. We’re still early
in our efforts, and will keep expanding our pipeline of military talent
in the years to come with more than 10,000 additional roles by 2021.”

Amazon’s ongoing military activities include significant hiring
commitments, creating roles that fit with military lifestyles, providing
unique training programs, supporting Amazon’s robust Warriors@Amazon
employee affinity group network and engaging in advocacy across the
country on veterans’ issues. Meet one of our 17,500 military employees, Amazon
Air Director Sarah Rhoads, a Navy veteran who led Amazon’s cargo
planes to deliver roughly 200,000 pounds of relief supplies to Puerto
Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Hiring

Since pledging
in May 2016 to hire 25,000 veterans and military spouses by 2021, Amazon
has launched innovative military hiring programs like Amazon’s Military
Leaders Program, which places mid-career veterans in fast-track
operations leadership roles. To ensure Amazon is meeting military
spouses where they are, the company has expanded its Virtual Customer
Services (VCS) roles, which enable employees to work from their homes
and take their jobs with them if they relocate. Amazon invented the
program to attract the best talent regardless of location, and it’s
particularly popular among military spouses who are often located near
military bases or are required to frequently transfer to different
locations, as well as wounded, injured or ill military veterans who work
from home. The company has already extended more than 2,000 VCS offers
to military spouses and veterans in 2017.

Training

In January, the Department of Labor certified Amazon as an official
cloud computing Apprenticeship – meaning servicemembers and veterans can
work directly with Amazon to go through a technical training program
over 16 weeks, and participate in a paid apprenticeship with Amazon for
12 months. These apprenticeships regularly lead to full-time technical
roles at Amazon or elsewhere. Amazon now offers apprenticeships in four
locations—Seattle, Dallas, Northern Virginia and Oregon—and dozens of
military members transitioning into civilian life are training in
software development, cloud computing and data technician roles.

In addition, Amazon also works with nonprofit veterans groups like
Camo2Commerce in Washington State and Maryland’s Corp Career Connect
program to train veterans in technical skills that prepare them for
roles across Amazon. Amazon also hosts dozens of transitioning
servicemembers from the Hiring Our Heroes Fellowship program in roles
across the company to help them effectively prepare for their transition
to the private sector.

Advocacy

Amazon also advocates for veterans’ issues across the country. For
example, Amazon’s public policy team coordinates across the public
sector on ways to place members of the military community in meaningful
jobs. In the week ahead, as the country recognizes Veterans Day, Amazon
is teaming up with the George W. Bush Institute for a series of
conversations about how to ensure we’re equipping and empowering
veterans and military spouses for meaningful jobs.

“We know that civilian employment remains one of the most important
transition issues that impacts veterans and military families,” said
Colonel Matthew Amidon, Director of the Bush Institute’s Military
Service Initiative. “The Bush Institute is pleased to join Amazon in
their tremendous efforts as we all work to ensure access to the
meaningful careers that leverage the incredible leadership talent within
our armed forces.”

The first event will be in Chicago with veteran business owners and
local leaders on November 10. Amazon will host its capstone event at the
George W. Bush Institute on November 13, bringing together tech
companies, elected officials across Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana, and
military business owners for a half-day conversation about efforts to
employ, retain and empower veterans.

Amazon is also celebrating veterans and military spouses in recognition
events across its operations network in select fulfillment centers in
Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Nevada, Pennsylvania,
South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia throughout the month of November.

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